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HEALTH PROFILE ARKANSAS

 

A comprehensive summary of Arkansas's health including total deaths and death rates for 50 causes of death by age and gender. Use navigation on left side for more comparisions including cause of death county data. Navigate to other states from drop down at top left. Latest CDC data is used.

 

ARKANSAS TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
ARKANSAS MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
269.26
11
2. Cancer
244.17
9
3. Accidents
65.10
16
4. Chronic Lung Disease
64.20
6
5. Stroke
56.87
2
6. Diabetes
29.68
14
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.22
1
8. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
24.89
7
9. Suicide
23.63
15
10. Alzheimer's
20.52
22
11. Blood Poisoning
14.49
17
12. Homicide
13.21
7
13. Liver Disease
12.60
23
14. Parkinson's Disease
8.05
46
15. Hypertension/Renal
6.81
22
     
ARKANSAS FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
180.66
8
2. Cancer
168.23
5
3. Stroke
56.15
1
4. Chronic Lung Disease
42.96
9
5. Accidents
31.49
19
6. Alzheimer's
26.72
24
7. Diabetes
23.89
8
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.94
3
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
17.49
6
10. Blood Poisoning
14.19
12
11. Hypertension/Renal
8.25
11
12. Suicide
5.71
14
13. Liver Disease
5.06
35
14. Homicide
4.38
3
15. Parkinson's Disease
3.62
45
   
   

ARKANSAS TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,863
23.32
2. Lung Cancers
2,035
9.76
3. Stroke
1,873
8.98
4. Lung Disease
1,593
7.64
5. Diabetes Mellitus
838
4.02
6. Alzheimers
824
3.95
7. Influenza & Pneumonia
739
3.54
8. Kidney Disease
684
3.28
9. Road Traffic Accidents
649
3.11
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
595
2.85
11. Breast Cancer
461
2.21
12. Suicide
402
1.93
13. Pancreas Cancer
360
1.73
14. Prostate Cancer
354
1.70
15. Lymphomas
335
1.61
16. Other Injuries
312
1.50
17. Inflammatory/Heart
304
1.46
18. Endocrine Disorders
288
1.38
19. Liver Disease
269
1.29
20. Hypertension
257
1.23
21. Violence
243
1.17
22. Leukemia
225
1.08
23. Liver Cancer
191
0.92
24. Falls
184
0.88
25. Parkinson Disease
171
0.82

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Ovary Cancer
167
0.80
27. Poisonings
162
0.78
28. Bladder Cancer
155
0.74
29. Other Neoplasms
146
0.70
30. Oesophagus Cancer
123
0.59
31. Skin Cancers
113
0.54
32. Stomach Cancer
100
0.48
33. Oral Cancer
97
0.47
34. Congenital Anomalies
93
0.45
35. HIV/AIDS
90
0.43
36. Fires
66
0.32
37. Uterin Cancer
63
0.30
38. Malnutrition
57
0.27
39. Low Birth Weight
57
0.27
40. Asthma
55
0.26
41. Hepatitis C
54
0.26
42. Cervical Cancer
53
0.25
43. Alcohol
53
0.25
44. Skin Disease
50
0.24
45. Diarrhoeal diseases
44
0.21
46. Drownings
42
0.20
47. Anaemia
31
0.15
48. Birth Trauma
30
0.14
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
29
0.14
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
29
0.14
   
   

ARKANSAS CANCER PROFILE
AGE-STANDARDIZED RATES
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
   

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
77.7
9
2. Breast Cancer
112.0
41
3. Stomach Cancer
5.7
29
4. Bladder Cancer
18.7
36
5. Lymphomas
18.0
32
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
47.1
27
7. Leukaemia
10.7
37
8. Cervical Cancer
9.6
4
9. Prostate Cancer
163.5
17
10. Oral Cancer
11.4
11
11. Ovary Cancer
11.4
40
12. Liver Cancer
4.7
33
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.3
32
14. Uterin Cancer
18.7
44
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.1
45
16. Skin Cancers
14.7
42
17. Brain Cancer
7.3
12

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
65.3
5
2. Breast Cancer
23.7
22
3. Stomach Cancer
3.3
33
4. Bladder Cancer
3.3
49
5. Lymphomas
6.9
19
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.6
24
7. Leukaemia
7.9
12
8. Cervical Cancer
2.9
7
9. Prostate Cancer
25.2
21
10. Oral Cancer
2.8
13
11. Ovary Cancer
7.5
47
12. Liver Cancer
5.4
15
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.1
26
14. Uterin Cancer
2.5
49
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.4
32
16. Skin Cancers
2.5
41
17. Brain Cancer
5.6
2
   
   

ARKANSAS USA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH COMPARISION
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
UNITED STATES
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
190.88
1
2. Cancer
178.37
2
3. Stroke
42.24
3
4. Chronic Lung Disease
40.76
4
5. Accidents
39.97
5
6. Alzheimer's
22.68
6
7. Diabetes
22.54
7
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.23
8
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
14.55
9
10. Suicide
11.26
10
11. Blood Poisoning
10.97
11
12. Liver Disease
9.11
12
13. Hypertension/Renal
7.38
13
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.37
14
15. Homicide
6.10
15
     
ARKANSAS
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
221.73
8
2. Cancer
200.29
3
3. Stroke
57.38
1
4. Chronic Lung Disease
51.68
6
5. Accidents
47.71
17
6. Diabetes
26.50
9
7. Alzheimer's
24.54
23
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.26
2
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
20.61
7
10. Blood Poisoning
14.33
16
11. Suicide
14.29
15
12. Homicide
8.79
6
13. Liver Disease
8.60
26
14. Hypertension/Renal
7.86
14
15. Parkinson's Disease
5.29
46
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
11.3
46
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
22.3
8
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
45.9
45
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
30.1
8